Robert Oliver Reed (February 13, 1938 - May 2, 1999) was an English actor known for his macho image on and off screen. His major films include "Oliver!", "Women in Love", "The Devils", "The Three Musketeers", "Tommy," "Castaway", "Lion of the Desert", and "Gladiator".

Samantha Eggar (born March 5, 1939) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe-winning English actress. She was christened Victoria Louise Samantha Marie Elizabeth Therese Eggar in Hampstead, London, England to an English father, Ralph Eggar, and a mother, Muriel, of Dutch and Portuguese descent. She began her acting career in several Shakespearean companies, and debuted in film in 1962 in "The Wild and the Willing".

Robert A. Silverman is one of several actors often cast by writer/director David Cronenberg. Silverman has been cast by David Cronenberg in the following films: *"eXistenZ" (1999) as D'Arcy Nader *"Naked Lunch" (1991) as Hans *"Scanners" (1981) as Benjamin Pierce *"The Brood" (1979) as Jan Hartog *"Rabid" (1977) as Man In Hospital

Amery Smith (also known as AWOL) is a drummer, currently associated with the Beastie Boys. He forms BS 2000 together with Beastie Boys' Ad Rock. Before that, he played the drums on Suicidal Tendencies' debut album, and was one of the forming members of Uncle Slam and The Brood, two other Venice based crossover thrash bands.

I am a crazed person, and that is sometimes pretty neat, if I don't say so myself. After so much crap and so much hospitalization, I've decided on a sort of self-indulgent nihilism that will entail creating a family of freakish outcasts like myself so that we can make a lot of musical noise and noisy music. I want to eventually start making trashy, far-out movies to go along with the trashy, far-out nature of the music.

"well now i'm no hero, that's understood. all the redemption i can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood. with a chance to make it good somehow, hey, what else can we do now? except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair. well, the night's bustin' open these two lanes will take us anywhere. we've got one last chance to make it real, to trade in these wings on some wheels.".